High-Key Photography- Simply Baby

I finally learned, after years of lugging around babies, that getting down to their level is not only easier on my back but also more comfortable and interesting to the baby.

I now shoot babies without a tripod while flat on my stomach or sitting cross-legged. I prop my elbows on my knees or the floor to stabilize the camera.

 

Ah why didn’t I think of this years ago! No longer do I have to deal with a grouchy baby who is afraid, and with good reason, of falling from the posing table. I must admit I’ve caught a baby or two by the leg before it’s head hit the floor. Let me just add here- no babies or animals have ever been harmed by my photography.

High-key photography is the most beautiful way to photograph children in my opinion. There is nothing to clutter up the portrait and distract attention from the subject. It truly is a timeless image that will look good in most any frame and hang in any room. It will always be stylish.

                                                                             

 

I love it when the portrait is all about the details of a child. The flawless skin, tiny hands and feet, and sparkling innocent eyes. High-key compliments all of these things.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                             It is easy to add some texture with light colored throws. Babies just get so excited when a big person gets down on the floor eye to eye with them and that is my recipe for cute baby photography.

 

 

 

 

All Images Copyright Studio V Photography/Valerie Graham 2008